EU 16.23
· European ranking
15 / 30
Up 5 positions compared with previous year
Austria: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
15.90% of people
EU 16.23 · -0.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2024 · 9 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+67.13
23.90
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2+12.59
16.10
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3-4.20
13.70
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4-10.49
12.80
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5-13.29
12.40
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6-16.08
12.00
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7-30.07
10.00
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8-44.06
8.00
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9-55.24
6.40
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Austria performs more favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Austria
In Austria, Poverty risk is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 15.9% versus 16.2% in 2025, a gap of 0.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Austria, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 13.90% in 2020 to 15.90% in 2025. The latest step, from 14.30% in 2024 to 15.90% in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Austria, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.